Crown Point Loops State Park

This "is now a unit of Talbot State Park" according to the 1946 Parks Report. Apparently, for a short period between 1935 and 1946, it was considered a separate park.

1946 State Parks Report: Crown Point Loops State Park

On leaving the Vista House site, the Crown Points Loops State Park is entered approximately three quarters of a mile eastward. This tract includes the entire Crown Point Loops area as it winds down the steep slopes. It is described as being in Section 30, Township 1 North of Range 5 East, W.M., Multnomah County, containing 62.75 acres, a gift to the State by Multnomah County, the deed date November 10, 1935. The tract is now a unit of Talbot State Park.

The area is a beautiful roadside forest of Douglas Fir, Grand (White) fir, Western Red Cedar, Broadleaf maple, alder and a generous distribution of the native Western dogwood, whose white, early flowering livens these clean, attractive waysides with a touch of richness and appealing beauty that is much admired, and greatly appreciated in the springtime, and their abundant red fruiting and highly colored leaves are equally enjoyable in the autumn. Along the Columbia River there is often a second flowering of the dogwoods which occurs in the early autumn.

W. A. Langille

State Parks Historian

December 5, 1945

Recommendations:

These loops should be kept in their natural state with no man made intrusions.

S. H. Boardman

State Parks Superintendent

March 25, 1946

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